Derived from Semitic root 'LBN': Linked to several closely related meanings in various languages, such as 'white' and 'milk' referring to snow capped eponymous mountain
Etymology unknown; Latinized from Greek 'Land of the Armenioi' attested in the 5th century BC, from Old Persian Armina, attested in the late 6th century BC
'Home of the ____', an ethnic group whose name derives from the Sogdian 'Turk-like', in reference to their status outside the Turkic dynastic mythological system
'The Two Seas' in Arabic: Which two seas meant is disputed Folk etymology: The two seas mentioned 5 times in the Quran, but those refer to Saudi deserts opposite modern country
Etymology uncertain, appeared in Western Europe in numerous early medieval annals; it was folk etymologized to stem from a special reverence to a Syrian saint
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